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The Workshop Finder is an online directory of workshops and tour opportunities around the world including art workshops, retreats & tours, photography workshops & tours, writing workshops, retreats & writers conferences, music workshops, camps, festivals, lessons & tutorials, etc.
The Workshop Finder is updated each week with newly posted event listings.
The Workshop Finder is updated each week with newly posted event listings.
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Featured Events
Art
Live Zoom Watercolor Workshops & En Plein Air with Theresa Goesling
Step-by-Step paint along online. Free to ask questions and receive critiques during the workshops. With your registration you are provided: supply list (FREE) Daniel Smith Dot card, lesson PDF with drawing, reference photos and a session video to download & replay. Can't attend live? You can still register, receive the materials and recording to paint on your own. Ongoing Online/Zoom En plein air locations: Spain, Pasadena, SW France, Palm Desert |
Art
Live Zoom Watercolor Workshops and Classes with Judy Mudd
Paint-along, ask questions and review during workshops. Reference materials, including drawing guides, reference photos, and palette colors are provided prior to class. Ongoing |
Art
Art Workshops with Mary Lin Watanabe
Release the stress of daily life and discover your creative self by exploring different art mediums. Whether this is a one-time experience or a lifelong hobby, Mary’s workshop will give you the opportunity to expand your right brain. Each course is perfect for “me time” to begin your creative journey. Just as with in-person classes, each online workshop is interactive via Zoom. Every painting workshop consists of 5 weekly 2 hours sessions (PST time zone). May 2022 through February 2023 (6 workshops) Zoom sessions |
Art
Live, Online Watercolor Workshops
with Cindy Welch Interactive, live classes with demos recorded to view again and again. Reference photo, drawing, and supply list provided before class. 6 week sessions on a variety of subjects including landscapes, floral, still life, and animals. Learn about color mixing, values, composition, and more. Fun, stress free instruction concluding with a personal critique. Ongoing |
Photography
Italy Bellissimo
hosted by McKay Photography Inc. Tuscany and Cinque Terre This is a SMALL group tour with LIMITED availability. ONLY 12 photographers with 2 instructors! Tuscany – 6 nights in a beautiful Tuscan Villa – Food, Wine, Photography, Castles, and the Tuscan countryside! Italian full course dinners INCLUDED! Cinque Terre – 4 nights of incredible seaside landscape like no other place in the world. One beautiful group dinner included April 16-27, 2023 April 27 - May 8, 2023 Tuscany & Cinque Terre, Italy |
Photography
Private Photography Instruction
by Nancy LeVine Photography With over 30 years as a professional photographer in New York City, Paris and Seattle and over 15 years teaching photography, I am now offering Private Instruction from my studio in Beacon, NY. Or via Zoom and Facetime. We can also meet on location in the Hudson Valley. My private instruction is responsive to whatever you would like to learn. |
Writing
The YMCA's Downtown Writers Center
The YMCA's Downtown Writers Center in Syracuse, NY, offers a wide variety of online literary arts programming, including workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, and more, along with a stellar series of online readings by visiting poets and writers. Join us from the comfort of your home! Ongoing throughout year Syracuse, NY and Online |
Writing
Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
The 2022 workshop will feature New York Times’ bestselling authors, Saturday Night Live legends, Emmy Award winners, Thurber Prize winners, a Moth GrandSLAM winner, the author of the Bible (The New Comedy Bible, that is), screenwriters and a slew of celebrated comedians and authors. The registration fee is $499, which includes meals and full access to a *virtual* package of the keynote talks and Pitchapalooza. Virtual only: $79. October 20-22, 2022 University of Dayton, Ohio |
Art
Plein Air Painting & Sketching in ATHENS & CRETE, GREECE
Join Alan Flattmann for twelve days of plein air painting, sketching, and touring in Athens and the beautiful island of Crete. Along the way, enjoy delicious Greek cuisine, delightful wines, and the camaraderie of fellow artists. The itinerary in Athens includes a private tour of Acropolis and the museum of Acropolis, a day trip on a highspeed boat to the island of Hydra, and a day of sketching in the historic Plaka. In Crete, the itinerary will include painting the old harbors, a day trip to the mountain village of Anogia, a day trip by boat to the remote village of Agia Roumeli, and painting in the Monastery of Agia Triada. May 1-12, 2023 Athens & Crete, Greece |
Writing
Todos Santos Writers Winter Workshop 2023
The Todos Santos Writers Workshop, a center for creative writing since 2014, is based in the historic pueblo magico of Todos Santos, one hour north of Cabo San Lucas on the Pacific Coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. TSWW offers workshops in the art of Fiction, Poetry, Writing Strategies, and Memoir for writers at all levels led by professional authors and editors. January 28 - February 4, 2023 Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
Writing
Maryland Writers Annual Conference
From Brain to Bookshelf 2022 hosted by Maryland Writers' Association Join us for our annual Brain to Bookshelf Conference. Our program is designed to help you advance your writing, whether you are new writer or a seasoned pro. We offer an extensive workshop from our Keynote Speaker, Maria Snyder and then participants can select from 15 additional workshops daily. Literary agents and small press editors will hear pitches and critiques. Along with many networking opportunities with attendees, lunch is provided. Registration is open with early bird pricing through August. October 15th and 16th, 2022 Baltimore Washington International Airport Hilton Linthicum, MD |
Art
Etruscan Places: Landscape Painting Workshops in Italy
Etruscan Places offers a completely unique series of open air painting workshops on location, rain or shine, in some of Italy’s most spectacular landscapes. Artists, curators, writers Maddine Insalaco and Joe Vinson are residents and home owners in both the USA and Italy. Their presence in Tuscany since 1995 guarantees their knowledge of the landscape, inhabitants and local culture. In 2022 we will offer two programs in September and October: Open Air Fundamentals (all levels) and Advanced Seminar. Fees include materials and surfaces, equipment, meals, accommodation, field trips and local transport. 12 student max and 2 instructors every class. Reduced rates are offered for extended stays. September and October 2022 Buonconvento, Tuscany ITALY |
Art
Cold Wax and Oil Workshop
with Anne Hebebrand Join artist Anne Hebebrand for a 5 day long cold wax medium and oil workshop in Todos Santos. Learn how to build a textured and vibrant paint surface using cold wax, oil and pigment sticks. An hour away from Cabo San Lucas in Baja California, Mexico, Todos Santos is a vibrant small town full of restaurants, galleries, yoga studios and wonderful beaches. Be inspired by the colors of Todos Santos to explore your art and connect with yourself and others. January 23-27, 2023 Barro Sur Todos Santos, Mexico |
Photography
Morocco Photo Tour 2023
hosted by Photo Tours and Expeditions Morocco Photo Tour. A truly fantastic opportunity to photograph and document intricate Medinas, labyrinthine souks, hidden treasures, and the diverse culture of the Royal Kingdom of Morocco and its people. April 22 - May 5, 2023 Morocco |
Photography
Yosemite Photo Workshops
with Phil Hawkins Learn landscape photography from a 37 year veteran of the park, leading workshops in Yosemite for 14 years. Workshops in Fall, Winter and Spring. Throughout the year Yosemite National Park |
Photography
Sensual Havana: Glamour & Artistic Nudes
Chris Baker Photo Tours On this one-of-a-kind Cuba photo tour, we'll photograph Cuba's most beautiful women and make the most of time-worn Havana--as fantastic a backdrop for glamour, erotic, and sensual artistic nude photography as exists in this world, given its mixture of Spanish colonial and faded baroque architecture, its wealth of 1950s American cars, and its stimulating aura of exoticism. To which add Cuba’s stunningly beautiful top models and ballerinas, and their joyous at-ease delight in being photographed and in expressing their sensuality. December 14-21, 2022 Havana, Cuba |
Photography
PROJECT 52 PRO SYSTEM
Commercial and editorial photography in the most unique online course available. We cover food, product, still life, and editorial photography from a holistic approach. Fifty-two real-world assignments are reviewed live. From lighting and composition to bidding and client presentation, the goal is to prepare you to work as a professional whether full or part-time. This is a systematized approach that works. See our project page for more information. Enrolling Now; Begins August 2022 Online |
Photography
Antarctica Photo Tour 2023
hosted by Photo Tours and Expeditions Antarctica is one of the most remote yet fascinating places to visit in the world. Join us on an adventure like never before in this incredible photo tour to Antarctica aboard the Greg Mortimer. December 4-15, 2023 Antarctica |
Art
Zoom Watercolor Class
with Nan Rumpf We will be studying the following subjects: Mixing interesting greys, repetition with variation (rhythm), geometrics and glazing, color and emotion, painting with a large flat brush, gradation, watercolor and ink, painting without a brush. I will be providing demos, email handouts, and an optional critique. This series of eight classes costs $250. Wednesday afternoons from 3:00 to 5:30 P.M. (Eastern time USA) October 5, 12, 19, 26 November 2, 9, 16, 30 (no class Thanksgiving week) |
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An enchanted vacation and watercolor workshop in Mexico!
with Carol Newsom All inclusive week of painting in the heart of Mexico! Includes a four day Watercolor Workshop (9:30-11-30 plein air, 1 - 2:30 in studio) and plein air painting in the town of Tequis. Private car to and from the airport. Stay in one of two private villas, All breakfasts and lunches included (private chef). Cooking class, morning yoga, Craft tour and shopping. Otional massages and mine tours. Space limited to 10 people. October 22-29, 2022 Tequisquiapan, Queretaro, Mexico |
Art
Painting Workshop with Keith Wicks Troo France
Small Limited enrollment 7 nights Troo France stay in the Beautiful Le Chateau De La Voute . farm to table traditional dinners. 5 days of plein air painting in the lovely countryside with views of the River Loir from the Charming Chateau. a Troglodyte village hidden away. excursions best local markets, wineries & Landmarks. Early bird 200 euro discount before Jan 27th. 20% discount non-painting participants. May 27 - June 3, 2023 Le Chateau De La Voute, Troo France |
Art
Watercolor Workshop in Paros Island, Greece
Join George Politis AWS in the dream island of PAROS, Greece for a journey of exploration and creativity. Working in small and large format, we'll be painting in watercolor and other watermedia practicing various techniques and most important... learning to see and find a subject (often far from the obvious). This workshop aims to boost the creativity by new inspirational ideas, winning techniques for an once-in-a-lifetime experience. We will paint in Studio (hotel) and also in various places in this majestic island! Also... great food (local gastronomy) and wine to make this artistic journey even more enjoyable... July 7-14, 2023 Paros Island, Greece |
Art
Watercolor Workshop in Santorini, Greece
Join George Politis AWS in the dream island of SANTORINI, Greece for a journey of exploration and creativity. Working in small and large format, we'll be painting in watercolour and other watermedia practicing several techniques and most important... learning to see and find a subject (often far from the obvious). This workshop aims to boost the creativity by new inspirational ideas, winning techniques for an once-in-a-lifetime experience. We will paint in Studio (hotel) and also in various places in this majestic island! August 19-26, 2023 Santorini, Greece |